Author: Pin, Cecile
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 26 March 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 320 pages
222 x 141 | 420g
˜Exquisite and deeply felt'
VOGUE
˜Beautifully rendered'
GRAZIA
˜Magnificent ¦ melds sharp insight with great heart' NICOLA DINAN
˜Thoughtful and beautifully compelling' ALICE WINN
A beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love and space from the award-winning author of the Women's Prize longlisted Wandering Souls.
28 January, 1986: Moments after launch, the Challenger shuttle falls from the sky. At the same time, in a small English village, Oliver Ines is born.
Ollie spends his childhood in a bedroom covered in glow-in-the-dark wallpaper, bearing the planets and stars. Decades later, he has become one of the most renowned astronauts of his time. When an enterprising billionaire approaches him to lead a landmark, ten-year mission to the distant moon Europa, Ollie cannot resist the call of history.
As the mission advances deeper into uncharted territory, Ollie finds himself retreating into the past: his school days and years in the Navy, relationships found and lost, becoming a husband and father. But will the world he remembers still be waiting for him when he returns?
Celestial Lights is a breathtaking story of fate, love, and sacrifice that questions what we owe ourselves and our loved ones, when our ambitions and loyalties collide.
˜Truly lovely ¦ the scope of an epic' JO HAMYA, author of The Hypocrite
˜A wonderful and singular reading experience' JENNY MUSTARD, author of What A Time To Be Alive
˜Incredible ¦ stayed with me long after the page'
RED MAGAZINE
˜Atmospheric, original, and beautiful' ELA LEE, author of Minbak
˜Masterful ¦ I was totally absorbed from start to finish' JYOTI PATEL, author of The Things That We Lost
˜A moving story that stays with you' ROMALYN ANTE, author of Agimat
˜Stunning, exhilarating and unforgettable' ELIANA RAMAGE, author of To the Moon and Back